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Houston, TX – For hundreds of Texas residents whose special needs preclude the possibility of independent living, state-supported residential facilities provide the care and support unavailable at home. And while they’re a distinct minority, Jewish residents – whose spiritual needs were, just a generation ago, frequently neglected by government agencies – can take part in [...]

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Houston, TX – Texas Program Provides Jewish Outlet to Institutionalized Residents

Washington – The United States and Israel are dickering over the price of fish – specifically, gefilte fish – while the holiday of Passover, when it is considered de rigeur for every Ashkenazi Jew to consume at least some, draws closer.
The dispute centers on a 120 percent import duty imposed by Israel on nine containers [...]

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Washington – US, Israel Dicker Over the Price of Fish

Chicago, IL – The Cubs got the go-ahead Wednesday to hold a nighttime concert at Wrigley Field on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, but they’ll bend over backwards to minimize conflict.
Mike Lufrano, Cubs senior vice-president of community affairs, said the time of the Saturday, Sept. 18 concert — by either the [...]

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Chicago, IL – Cubs Yom Kipper Concert Will Be Pushed Back to After Sundown

Arabs from Judea and Samaria will only be allowed into Israel for medical and humanitarian reasons, until midnight Monday.

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Special Holiday Security Measures Begin at Midnight

Jerusalem – Some are not content with the wide range of Purim costumes on the market, and are now proposing to import various costumes that are likely to cause a storm. In notices and flyers distributed recently in Neturei Karta centers, a group of activists from this extreme haredi movement assert that Nazi costumes and [...]

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Jerusalem – Neturei Karta: IDF, ZAKA and Israeli Police Purim Costumes Worse Than Nazi Uniforms

Bnei Brak, Israel – The streets of Bnei Brak have been plastered in recent days with posters distributed by the municipality ahead of the Purim holiday. These aren’t invitations to a Purim play or a festive holiday ball, but a campaign aimed at young adults not to smoke during the holiday’s festivities.
The campaign, which goes [...]

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Bnei Brak – Campaign Against Charedi Youngsters Smoking on Purim

Chicago, IL – A group of survivors and descendants of victims of the Holocaust are suing the Hungarian state railroad company in US court for its role in transporting Jews to the Auschwitz death camp.
The class action suit was filed in a US district court in Chicago by attorneys representing the group of 95 plaintiffs. [...]

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Chicago, IL – Holocaust Survivors Sue Hungarian Railways for $1.74 Billion

New York – The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations Citywide for Monday, Jan 18 2010 in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday. However, parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.

Other offices affected for the Holiday today see below
NEW YORK
GOVERNMENT OFFICES Closed.
POST OFFICES [...]

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New York – Alt. Side Parking Suspended Today

New York – TV news anchors are grappling with a New Year’s problem — how do they say “2010″?
Is it “two thousand ten” or “twenty ten”?
If you speak on TV for a living, it’s not a small issue, says NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan.
“Anybody who’s on the air this week will have to figure out how [...]

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New York – How Do You Say ‘2010′?

Washington – President Obama received a high-level briefing only three days before Christmas about possible holiday-period terrorist threats against the U.S., NEWSWEEK has learned. The briefing was centered on a written report, produced by U.S. intelligence agencies, titled “Key Homeland Threats,” a senior U.S. official says.
The administration official, who asked for anonymity when discussing sensitive [...]

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Washington – Newsweek: Obama Got Pre-X-mas Intelligence Briefing About Terror Threats to ‘Homeland’